Wikipedia Nap

So recently though some fashion I discovered something fairly interesting. This phenomenon I have decided to call the Wikipedia Nap (as you may have guessed from the title of this post).

Anyhow, there have been days for one reason or another where I was just damn tired and found myself in a less then optimal state of mind for work. So I hopped onto my favorite worksafe website and started my browsing. I used to read the regular encyclopedias when I was a kind anyway so it wasn't a big stretch. I found that after just browsing and letting my mind wander from topic to topic I seemed to be far more awake and able to do work.

So recently following lunch I go browse wikipedia for about half an hour. It's almost as refreshing as a 10 minute power nap. I wonder if its related to simply letting you mind go where it wants to go instead of where you want it to go that refreshes it (dreams for me at least are always virtually completely random).

So next time you feel tired at work try typing something random into wikipedia and start your travels.

From the history yesterday was:

Abcess
Alcatraz Island
Alvin Karpis
Anaphylaxis
Arenavirus
Arming Sword
Atropine
Autoinjector
Airborne Warning and Control System
Birdman of Alcatraz
Broadsword
Bullwip
Al Capone
Cat o' Nine Tails
Charles Manson
Urumi
Claymore
Document Management System
E-10 MC2A
Ebola
Edo Period
Epinephrine
EpiPen
viral Hemorrhagic Fever
Indianapolis, Indiana
Jitte
Kalari
Katana
Kilij
La Cosa Nostra
Leprosy
Lipid
Longsword
Made
Made man
Mafia
Mameluke Sword
Mortuary Sword
Club
Polyphasic sleep
Pralidoxime
Schiavona
Scimitar
Shelf life
The untouchables
Tonfa
Ursula K. Le Guin
VX
Yakuza
Zweihander

Today so far has been:

Bushmen
C Programing Language
Chevrolet Small-Block
Click Consonant
GM LS engine
GM premimum V engine
GM Vortec engine
Lisp
Lisp programing language
N!xau
Northstar
Oldsmobile Intrigue
Scheme programming language
The gods must be crazy
V8 engine
Ward's 10 best engines